Lev 26:17, Jos 7:8-13, 1Sa 4:2, 10, Isa 30:17, 59:1-2, Hos 9:12 | ESV | STEP | I will set my face against you, and you shall be struck down before your enemies . Those who hate you shall rule over you, and you shall flee when none pursues you.

Leviticus 26:17

17 I will ^aset my face against you, and ^byou shall be struck down before your enemies. ^cThose who hate you shall rule over you, and ^dyou shall flee when none pursues you.

Joshua 7:8-13

8 O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and ^ecut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?”

The Sin of Achan

10 The Lord said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face? 11 Israel has sinned; they have ^ftransgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the ^gdevoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings. 12 ^hTherefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They ⁱturn their backs before their enemies, because they have become ^jdevoted for destruction. ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)} I will be with you no more, unless you destroy ^lthe devoted things from among you. 13 Get up! Consecrate the people and say, ^m‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the Lord, God of Israel, “There are devoted things in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted things from among you.”

1 Samuel 4:2

2 The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated before the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field of battle.

1 Samuel 4:10

10 So the Philistines fought, ⁿand Israel was defeated, ^oand they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.

Isaiah 30:17

17 ^pA thousand shall flee at the threat of one;
at the threat of five you shall flee,
till you are left
like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain,
like a signal on a hill.

Isaiah 59:1-2

Evil and Oppression

1 Behold, ^qthe Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,
or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;
2 ^rbut your iniquities have made a separation
between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you
so that he does not hear.

Hosea 9:12

12 ^sEven if they bring up children,
I will bereave them till none is left.
^tWoe to them
when ^uI depart from them!